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Austin Pettis
# 2
Wide Receiver - WR
Height: 6-3  Weight: 201
Junior
Previous Affiliations
   Lutheran HS
Previous Experience
  
Hometown
   Anaheim, CA
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Austin Pettis Recruiting Highlight Video

Courtesy: Boise State Sports Information
Release: 02/07/2007

COLLEGE - (2009) Pettis earned first-team All-WAC honors after establishing himself as a go-to receiver for the Broncos... Tallied 63 catches and 14 touchdowns in 12 games, both are career highs for a single season...Ranked fourth in WAC for average yards received per game (65.8), tied for fifth in receptions per game (4.85) and sixth in scoring (TDs) averaging 6.4 points per game...Suffered an injury against Nevada that forced him to miss the final game of the regular season...Came back and played in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl against TCU with his only reception coming on a successful third down play for five yards...Broke the school record for single season receiving touchdowns (14) after catching four TD passes against Idaho, which also tied the school record for single game receiving TDs.....Caught six receptions against Oregon in the season opener...Recorded 115 receiving yards on four catches against Miami (OH)...Caught a career high 10 receptions against UC Davis for 129 receiving yards, his most single game receiving yards this season...Also caught two touchdown passes against the Aggies...Recorded four catches for 64 yards and one touchdown against Tulsa...Caught nine passes for 105 yards and one touchdown against Louisiana Tech....Broke the school record for consecutive games with a touchdown catch after scoring at least one receiving touchdown in the first 10 games of the season. He passed Ryan Ikebe who went six games in 1994...Has caught 153 passes to rank fifth on Boise State's all-time list...Also has 1,887 career reception yards to rank 15th, and 29 career touchdown pass receptions to rank second...The Boise State all-time record for touchdown passes is 30 set by Don Hutt (1970-73)

(2008) Named second-team All-WAC after outstanding sophomore season ... Caught 49 passes for 567 yards, averaging 11.6 yards per catch and 43.6 yards per game ... Ranked ninth in WAC for average yards receiving per game (53.1) in eight league games... Average of 4.50 catches per game in conference play finished eighth in WAC... Led Bronco receiving corps with nine touchdowns ... Nine TD receptions are tied for seventh on Boise State's all-time single-season list ... Team's third-leading scorer with 54 points ... Best game was against Nevada with nine catches for 120 yards and two touchdowns ... Also had two TD receptions against Southern Mississippi and Utah State ... Caught seven passes against USU and six against San Jose State and Idaho. ... Named to the All-WAC academic team.

 (2007) One of five true freshmen, two of whom were wide receivers, to play for Broncos ... Finished season second on team with 46 reception ... Finished second on team with six TD catches and third with 465 yards receiving ... Recorded 34 of his catches in the last five games ... Caught a season-best nine passes for 89 yards against East Carolina in the Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl ... Caught eight passes in back-to-back games against Utah State and Idaho ... In Idaho game had first career 100-yard receiving game with 139 yards and three touchdowns ... Had 67 yards receiving at Utah State ... Caught seven passes for 54 yards and two touchdowns against San Jose State ... Finished with four catches for 33 yards and a touchdown at Louisiana Tech ... Had three catches for 26 yards at Washington ... Caught two passes against Weber State and Hawai'i and had one catch against Southern Miss, Nevada and Fresno State.

HIGH SCHOOL - Three-sport letterman at Lutheran High School in Orange, Calif. ... Lettered in football three times, basketball three times and track and field twice ... Named Velocity/Prep Star All-Region ... As a senior had 72 receptions for 1,079 yards and 13 touchdowns ... Named first-team all-league and all-county and third-team all-state ... Was also named to the All-Southern Section Team while helping team to state championship ... As a sophomore named second-team all-league as well as being named top sophomore on team ... High school coach was Jim Kanau.

MAJOR - Communication

BOISE STATE VARSITY LETTERS EARNED - Three

PETTIS'S CAREER STATISTICS

      TOTAL      
YEAR G REC. YARDS TDs YPC YPG
2007 13 46 465 6 10.1 35.8
2008 13 49 567 9 11.6 43.6
2009 13 63 855 14 13.6 65.8
TOTALS 39 158 1,887 29 11.9 48.4